The social network X announced on Wednesday, 14 October, that it had suspended more than 13,000 fake accounts in three influence operations linked to the Islamic Republic, Russia and China.
Fatemeh Mohajerani, spokeswoman for the Islamic Republic's government, confirmed on Tuesday, 13 October, that the responsible bodies sometimes deliberately slow down the internet.
OpenAI announced it had uncovered an Iranian influence operation that used seven fake journalists and ChatGPT to publish nearly 100 articles about the Iran-US war.
Mohammad-Amin Aghamiri, secretary of the Islamic Republic's Supreme Council of Cyberspace, said that if satellite internet is used as a tool of war, its infrastructure is a legitimate military target, and claimed the authorities disabled Starlink terminals during the January uprising.
